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Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups all purpose flour plus more on the side for dusting
  • 2½ tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ¾ cup cold unsalted butter 1½ sticks, cut up into 1/2 inch piecs

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  • Combine dry ingredients bowl of food processor, pulse 2-3 times to mix
  • Place butter on top of dry ingredients and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. It is ok if there are some pea sized pieces of butter left.
  • Pour mixture into shallow bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the buttermilk to the mixture
  • Combine with your hands or a dough scraper gently mixing to blend. The dough is supposed to be crumbly so don't over mix.
  • After the dough has come together, chill in the fridge for about 10 - 15 minutes.
  • Take the dough from the fridge and drop it onto a floured surface. Sprinkle a little flour over the dough.
  • Roll the dough out into the shape of a rectangle about ½" thick. Sprinkle with a little flour.
  • Fold the dough in thirds and roll it out to about ½" thick again.
  • Fold over 2 more times and roll out to 3/4 - 1" inch thick. Sprinkle with a little flour.
  • Use a circular cookie cutter (2" cutter), cut out the biscuits and place them onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Do not twist cutter when cutting out biscuits, press straight down.
  • Alternative use a pizza cutter and cut cut dough into squares.
  • Leave at least 1" of space around each one.
  • Bake for 11 - 12 minutes until tops are golden.
  • Optional - Brush melted butter over the tops of the biscuits once they come out of the oven.
  • Serve with jam or butter